Samsung and TeliaSonera bringing LTE to vikings in 2010
Scandinavian folks tend to be a pretty cheerful bunch during the summer, and now Swedes and Norwegians will have reason to smile through the cold dark winters as well, with Samsung announcing an agreement to provide TeliaSonera with “mobile broadband devices for commercial service next year.” This agreement relates to Sammy’s Kalmia 4G USB modem and adds to the Swedish operator’s LTE push, which already counts Ericsson and Huawei among the contracted hardware providers. So that’s 100Mbps mobile broadband, coming to a snow-covered nation near you within the next dozen months or so. All we would ask of our viking friends now is that they remember their world-conquering ways of the past and start spreading that goodness globally. Come on, it’s our right! Full press release after the break.
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Samsung and TeliaSonera bringing LTE to vikings in 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 22nd, 2009
at 10:06am by Vladislav Savov
Topics: 3gpp, 4g, 4g modem, 4g modems, 4gModem, 4gModems, Broadband, GT-B3710, LteModem, Mobile, MobileBroadband, MobileInternet, Modem, Wireless, hspa, kalmia, lte, lte modem, mobile broadband, mobile internet, modems, partnership, samsung, scandinavia, teliasonera
Best Buy announces the launch of Rocketfish
No, it’s not a new type of pet disposal system, it’s a wireless whole house audio delivery system. Rocketfish takes the audio output from your device, and the transmits it to the strategically placed speakers throughout your home.
The Rocketfish system is made up of a wireless amplified audio receiver, a wireless sender/receiver, a wireless outdoor speaker, and a wireless HD audio starter kit, which contains a sender and a receiver unit. With the appropriate component purchases, you can send up to five different sources to up to nine receivers throughout your home.
Rocketfish is expected to be available this month, however at this time the area of Best Buy with pricing information is not yet active.
Best Buy isn’t the first company to jump on the wireless audio bandwagon this year, and most likely won’t be the last as the holiday season approaches.
[via Ecoustics]
Verizon Hosting Droid Event On October 28 [Cellphones]
Aside from creepy mailers, Verizon is also sending out invites to the unveiling of “the most desirable phone of the year.” Based on the familiar glowing red graphic, it’s probably a Droid event, but who knows? Maybe Verizon has surprises?
Posted: October 21st, 2009
at 6:48pm by Rosa Golijan
Topics: CellPhones, Telephony, Wireless, droid, verizon, verizon droid
Texas Instruments CC2540 promises ultra-low energy Bluetooth
Texas Instruments is pretty chuffed with itself right about now, as it’s prepping to demonstrate a swell-sounding new system-on-chip that takes Bluetooth connectivity to the extreme reaches of low energy consumption. About to be shown off in Munich tomorrow, the new CC2540 takes up a measly 6mm-squared of real estate, and is said to be able to operate for more than a year on a single button cell battery. With the reduced physical size and embedded Flash memory, this should be easier to install and update as necessary too. Considering the battery-draining ways of current Bluetooth tech, such claims sound preposterously awesome, but we’ll keep our giddy enthusiasm in check until early next year when samples will begin rolling out. For now, you can check out the older video below ’splaining the prospective benefits in more detail.
Read – Texas Instruments press release
Read – Bluetooth low energy webpage
Read – Video explanation of Bluetooth low energy
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Texas Instruments CC2540 promises ultra-low energy Bluetooth originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 19th, 2009
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Topics: BluetoothLowEnergy, CC2540, EnergyEfficient, LowEnergy, LowPower, Texas Instruments, TexasInstruments, Wireless, bluetooth, bluetooth low energy, connectivity, energy efficient, low energy, low power, peripheral, peripherals, system-on-chip, ti
T-Mobile Project Dark Rumor Update: Financed Phones, Tiered Unlimited Plans [Rumor]
We’ve heard plenty about Project Dark lately, including new unlimited plans, 21Mbps HSPA, and new handsets. The newest rumors, courtesy of Boy Genius Report, are whispers of Rent-A-Center style, contract-free unsubsidized phone purchasing and tiered unlimited plans.
Obviously T-mobile is attempting to expand their customer base through Project Dark, and part of the approach is to entice customers who would normally be forced to prepay monthly dues as well as full retail for a device:
“Even More Plus” will give those who would otherwise qualify for FlexPay the option to finance a phone. [...] Our sources tell us that the phones will not be subsidized and so there won’t be contracts for the devices, which means you pay the full retail price over the course of a set amount of time (up to 20 months is what we’re told). Not bad – for a $500 device over that time is just $25/month, as an example.
The next step is offering the “Most Affordable Unlimited Rate Plans” in three flavors:
[U]nlimited voice, unlimited voice and text, and unlimited voice/text/data all priced at $40, $50 and $60, respectively.
All unconfirmed rumors, of course, but moves like this could definitely help T-mobile leap up from fourth place in the Great Battle of the Carriers. [Boy Genius Report]
Posted: October 17th, 2009
at 4:43pm by Rosa Golijan
Topics: 3G, 4g, CellPhones, Project black, Project dark, TMobile, Tmobile project black, Tmobile project dark, Wireless, cellphone, hspa, rumor, rumors, tmo
